DIANDRIA MONOGYNlA. 



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A large beautiful tree, sometimes 40 

 diameter, wi h long opposite expanding branches. 



to 



2--3 



ally 



by threes, large, acuminate, glabrous on the Upper surface, downy 

 underneath, 8 ' ' ' 



5 



12 inches long, vvitli a breadth nearly equal ; petioles 

 8 inches long ; flowers in pyramidal terminal panicles ; branches 

 and flowers generally by threes; pedicels 6 — 10 lines long, witli small, 

 linear-lanceolate leaves near the middle. Caly,v 1 leax^ed, 2 parted,. 

 €egments obovate, concave, mucronate, persistent. Corolla unequal- 

 ly 5 parted, the lobes crenulate and wavering; tube ventricose, vari- 

 egated witli yellow and purple; the flo\ver white without* Filaments 

 2 fertile, incurved, scarcely longer than the tube of the Corolla. 

 •Anthers reflexed, 2 lobed, lobes very distinct ; 2 — -S sterile filaments, 

 very short. Germ superior, ovate, small. Style as long as the stamens. 

 «S'fi«;mabilamel]ate. SiUqiie 12— 15 inches long, with a transverse dis- 

 sepiment. Seeds flat, wiHged, with a small tuft of hair at the summit. 



The tree when young and vigorous, is very beautiful ; but when it 

 begins to decay, its long bjanches give it a naked appearance. Its 

 wood is said to be durable. The largest trees I have ever seen, grow 

 in in a sandy soil near the Euhaw creek. 



GrdW's in the middle and upper country of Carolina and Georgia, 

 along the margin of rivers. 



Flowers April — May 



LYCOPUS. Gen. pl. 44. 



Corolla 4-iicla, lacinia 



Corolla 4 cleft, one 



umca emarginata. Stam- \ segment emar^nate. Sta- 

 ina distantia. Semi?ia 4, I mens distant. Seeds 4 



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retusa. 



1. ViRGlNICUS. 



L. foliis lato-lanceola- 

 tis, serratis, basi attenua- 



retuse. 



Leaves broad, lanceo- 

 late, serrate, tapering and 



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tis integerrimisque ; ca- entire at base 



calyx 



lyce seniinibus breviore, ( shorter than the seed. 



acuto. 



E. 



acute. 



Sp. pl. 1. p. 121. Walt. p. 64. Mich. 1. p. U. Pursh, 1. p. 16. 

 Root perennial, fibrous. Stem herbaceous, erect, 1 



■2 feet high, 



square, furro\ved, pubescent, branched. Leaves opposite, sessile, 

 acuminate, a little rough, dotted underneath. Flowers crowded in ses- 

 sile axillary whorls; 3~very minute leaves at the base of each flower. 

 Calyx one leaved, 4 cleft, shorter than the seed, persistent. Corolla 

 white, twice as long as the calyx, the emar^inate segment broader than 

 the rest. Filaments 2, as long as the corolla, inserted into its tubt* 



near the upper segment. Anthers erect, 2 lobed, pale purple. Germ 



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